Operations management
How relevant are the following problems to your company's Operations Management system?
Workforce shortage, high employee turnover, aging workforce, uncomfortable working conditions, increased stress in the workplace
The need for business processes reengineering and retention of changes
Long time of order fulfilment, including due to poor planning, unexpected delays, unreliable suppliers, warehouse errors
Logistics delays, including increased demand for goods, overloaded supply and distribution
Ineffective use of production and warehouse space, their unsuccessful layout
Safety level of production and warehouse areas
Labour productivity problems
Downtime of equipment and transport
Ineffective inventory management, especially in an environment with many SKUs and lack of visibility of inventories, inaccurate inventory data, changes in demand
Ineffective communication with production departments, partners, suppliers and clients
Unstable level of product and services quality
Low level of operations management
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What is a standard operating procedure?
Management processes of any company often correspond to the well-known saying: “The new is the well-forgotten old”; In most cases, business development follows several known scenarios, so no matter how unique your management problem may seem, there is a high probability that someone has encountered the same challenge once. Clearly, albeit with some adaptation to the country and/or corporate culture, a business solution does exist that will work for you
A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of instructions describing in detail and systematically how to perform a task or activity related to improving business performance. These detailed guidelines are easy to follow and leave no ambiguity about what to do and how to do it. The question is, where should you look for these SOPs? The answer is …
